9 Days to Tokyo Olympics 2021
After being postponed for a year the
biggest event of the globe is set to start on 23rd July which is 10
days from today and go on till 8th August in Tokyo. Uncertainty
about the safety and well being apart, the protocols and safety measures for the
games are making Athletes and organizers feel the heat. Nevertheless the show
needs to start and it is indeed will be the mark of resilience that we show to
the uncertain world how to be together.
This blog is the pilot of the
Olympics series in which we will cover India’s performance in Olympics and
Paralympics in a comprehensive manner. Apart from India’s performance we will
also cover Events which has significant following across globe and Athletes
with global footprints. So far North Korea has pulled out of Olympics and
several stars like Roger Federer, nick krgious, serena Williams, Rafael nadal,
Carolina marin, Simona halep, Stan wawrinka, Thomas ruhr and many more will
miss Olympics. Again Pull out happens but show goes and on the Games will go on
with new set of stars who will shine for their country.
From India we have so far have 120 (4
reserves) athletes qualified in 18 sports for the Games. In the 18 sports we
will be competing in 67 events and we are favorites to win medal in 25 Events.
Mary Kom the legendary veteran boxer will be representing India for the last
time as she is 38 now and by the time of Paris Olympics she will be ineligible.
She has vowed to make it count and bring a medal for second time as we she had
already won an Olympics medal in London Olympics. In the Next few Blogs I will
cover the entire list of the Indian contingent in detail and what we can hope
from them and how likely their performance is going to be.
Japan has spent 16 billion USD (1.2 lakh
crore INR) so far and the worst thing is that Olympics is going to be a closed
stadium event with no spectators which makes a massive dent on the revenue from
Olympics on the whole. Nevertheless both IOC and Japan were determined to go
forward with Olympics and with 10 days to go Teams have started to arrive in
Tokyo and Indians also have started to leave to the games and reach the base.
New sports which have been included are baseball, sports climbing, surfing,
karate and Skateboarding. There were few noise about excluding Wrestling from
the events but it was received with negative reception ensured wrestling was
included for 2021 and 2024. Any move to restrict Wrestling, Archery, Shooting
and weight lifting events from Olympics should be resisted with all might by
Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe as most stars in those sports comes from Asia
and Eastern Europe. Of course its also the part of International federation of
wrestling and weightlifting responsibility to spread the sport and improve the
integrity of the sport.
Its my request to all please take your time
and watch the Olympics live most events events happen Start at 9 AM Tokyo time
which is 5:30 AM India time. This year India is sending an good contingent and
lets all cheer and support for our Team to bring back glory. All events will be
live in Sony Ten 1, 2, 3 and Six and Sony LIV OTT. I will also update you all
with the event calendar and India specific calendar in upcoming videos. I
sincerely hope this Olympics will motivate more children to take up sports and
encourage parents to support children to pursue sports which will bring about
paradigm shift in India on how sports is being treated.
